Author: Chennaiyil Oru Mazhaikkaalam

A lot of people have been messaging us about the status of Northeast Monsoon and why we are not putting any post about the possible Low Pressure / Depression / Cyclone that is likely to hit Tamil Nadu in December 1st week.  With active social media fueling the aspirations not to forget the poor performance…

Chennai saw its coldest night this November as temperatures dipped across almost all the areas of the city.  The preliminary information from Metar reading at Chennai Airport indicates the first sub 20°C of Winter 2016 has been registered at Chennai Meenambakkam.  The COMK AWS in Anna Nagar has recorded 20.1 as the post was made…

The current phase of subdued weather in Tamil Nadu which has possibly given one of the driest periods of Northeast Monsoon 2016 is expected to continue for a few more days as no immediate relief or rains expected as indicated by weather models.  Yesterday according to the daily rainfall report of IMD no place in…

As we get close to end of November the peak Northeast Monsoon month the current deficit for Tamil Nadu stands at -70%.  Against the normal expected rains of about 33 cms till November 24th the state has recorded only 11 cms so far.  With about 6 days left for November numbers to add up we…

Most of South India remains practically dry for the past few days. It is no understatement to say the satellite map of today possibly resembles a day in late January / early February when the tropical convection activities are restricted between Equator and possibly 5N latitude while rest of the Indian Sub Continent sees completely…